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Sebastian Kvist

ResearcherEcology and Evolutionary Biology (St. George Campus)University of Toronto

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Sebastian Kvist

Researcher

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (St. George Campus)

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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6 publications in the last five years, latest in 2025.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 2 research grants (2 NSERC), most recently in 2022.

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Latest papers

Anaphylaxis to a blood feeding leech.
Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology · 2025
Discovery of a novel symbiotic lineage associated with a hematophagous leech from the genus Haementeria.
Microbiology spectrum · 2024
Evolution of an Alternative Genetic Code in the Providencia Symbiont of the Hematophagous Leech Haementeria acuecueyetzin.
Genome biology and evolution · 2023

All 23 publications

Latest funding

Comparative genomics of leeches: anticoagulants, bacterial symbionts and evolutionary relationships
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$28,000
Unraveling the evolutionary history of leeches: phylogenomics and the evolution of bloodfeeding
NSERC · 2016 · Principal investigator
$140,000

All 2 grants and awards

23 publications.

Anaphylaxis to a blood feeding leech.

Li CH, Jiang M, Gadermaier G, Kvist S, Upton JEM, Yin X, Hoang JA, Monteiro M, Hung L, Kothari A, Moraes TJ, Vadas P, Eiwegger T

Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology2025

DOI: 10.1111/pai.70067 PMID: 40119598

Discovery of a novel symbiotic lineage associated with a hematophagous leech from the genus Haementeria.

Sosa-Jiménez VM, Kvist S, Manzano-Marín A, Oceguera-Figueroa A

Microbiology spectrum2024

DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.04286-23 PMID: 38842327

Evolution of an Alternative Genetic Code in the Providencia Symbiont of the Hematophagous Leech Haementeria acuecueyetzin.

Manzano-Marín A, Kvist S, Oceguera-Figueroa A

Genome biology and evolution2023

DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evad164 PMID: 37690114

Phylogenetic relationships and species delimitation in Haemopis (Annelida: Hirudinea: Haemopidae).

Kvist S, Earl I, Kink E, Oceguera-Figueroa A, Trontelj P

Molecular phylogenetics and evolution2023First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107648 PMID: 36283573

Placobdella akahkway n. sp. (Clitellata: Hirudinea: Glossiphoniidae), a new leech species from central Canada.

Fan SL, DE Carle D, Kvist S

Zootaxa2022Senior author

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5159.2.5 PMID: 36095548

The potential of aquatic bloodfeeding and nonbloodfeeding leeches as a tool for iDNA characterisation.

Lynggaard C, Oceguera-Figueroa A, Kvist S, Gilbert MTP, Bohmann K

Molecular ecology resources2022

DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.13486 PMID: 34402209

Function of the waterfowl nests as reproduction and living areas for leeches (Annelida: Hirudinea).

Ceylan M, Çetinkaya O, Kvist S

Animal reproduction science2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2021.106816 PMID: 34329918

The Origin and Evolution of Antistasin-like Proteins in Leeches (Hirudinida, Clitellata).

Iwama RE, Tessler M, Siddall ME, Kvist S

Genome biology and evolution2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evaa242 PMID: 33527140

Draft genome of the European medicinal leech Hirudo medicinalis (Annelida, Clitellata, Hirudiniformes) with emphasis on anticoagulants.

Kvist S, Manzano-Marín A, de Carle D, Trontelj P, Siddall ME

Scientific reports2020First author

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-66749-5 PMID: 32555498

Genetic variation, pseudocryptic diversity, and phylogeny of Erpobdella (Annelida: Hirudinida: Erpobdelliformes), with emphasis on Canadian species.

Anderson K, Braoudakis G, Kvist S

Molecular phylogenetics and evolution2020Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2019.106688 PMID: 31747540

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Sebastian Kvist

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Anaphylaxis to a blood feeding leech.

Discovery of a novel symbiotic lineage associated with a hematophagous leech from the genus Haementeria.

Evolution of an Alternative Genetic Code in the Providencia Symbiont of the Hematophagous Leech Haementeria acuecueyetzin.

Phylogenetic relationships and species delimitation in Haemopis (Annelida: Hirudinea: Haemopidae).

Placobdella akahkway n. sp. (Clitellata: Hirudinea: Glossiphoniidae), a new leech species from central Canada.

The potential of aquatic bloodfeeding and nonbloodfeeding leeches as a tool for iDNA characterisation.

Function of the waterfowl nests as reproduction and living areas for leeches (Annelida: Hirudinea).

The Origin and Evolution of Antistasin-like Proteins in Leeches (Hirudinida, Clitellata).

Draft genome of the European medicinal leech Hirudo medicinalis (Annelida, Clitellata, Hirudiniformes) with emphasis on anticoagulants.

Genetic variation, pseudocryptic diversity, and phylogeny of Erpobdella (Annelida: Hirudinida: Erpobdelliformes), with emphasis on Canadian species.

Comparative genomics of leeches: anticoagulants, bacterial symbionts and evolutionary relationships

Unraveling the evolutionary history of leeches: phylogenomics and the evolution of bloodfeeding